Slider thumb values getting too big!

[stevedeighton]

Bug, feature request, or proposal:

Feature Request

What is the expected behavior?

When a value reaches capacity, it smartly breaks down to take up less space.

E.g.

A value of 100,000 would display as 100k. Some rounding would have to take place, obviously. Also addition of commas would be nice.

What is the current behavior?

It just displays 100000 and overflows the thumb

What are the steps to reproduce?

Put a large max value on the slider component, drag it all the way up!

What is the use-case or motivation for changing an existing behavior?

Currently the slider (with thumb) cannot be used for large numbers. Not having enough room seems like a dumb reason for not using the thumb.

Which versions of Angular, Material, OS, TypeScript, browsers are affected?

2.0.0-beta.12 (not used any others)

Is there anything else we should know?

I apologise if this is a duplicate, or if indeed I am using the slider out of its intended purpose.

[crisbeto]

I don't think we should be too opinionated in Material about how the number is formatted, because it can depend on the context and the locale. I've submitted #10243 that will add the ability to specify your own formatting function.

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